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Claim your “Freedom Dividend” in Puerto Rico (no voting required)

Tuesday night after the New Hampshire primary, US Presidential candidate Andrew Yang dropped out of the race due to his poor showing. If you’re not familiar, Andrew Yang famously proposed a Universal Basic Income for all US adults: everyone would have received a “Freedom Dividend” of $1,000 a month under his plan, funded

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It turns out the Bolsheviks love the top 1%

One of the really interesting things about where I live here in Puerto Rico is that my house is located within the grounds of a resort… so I bump into a fair number of tourists when I’m at the gym or walking on the beach. People engage me in conversation a lot– they

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The average US couple could be facing a new tax of $180,360

Today the federal government will release a nearly $5 TRILLION annual budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021 (which begins on October 1st of this year). Needless to say, that’s more money than any government has ever spent in the history of the world. And there are a few things in particular that are

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Government funded feminists suggest banning heterosexual relationships

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Feminist group thinks heterosexual relationships are “violent” and should be banned The “Federation des Femmes du Quebec” is a Canadian feminist group

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Here’s something that makes absolutely no sense

If you feel like you’ve been watching a meteor streaking across the sky over the past several weeks, it turns out it was just Tesla stock soaring to astronomical heights. As of Tuesday afternoon, Tesla’s stock price was up 4x in the last four months, more than double since the beginning of January,

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Apparently all white males are just mindless automatons

Recently the prominent investment bank Goldman Sachs announced that they would no longer work with companies whose Boards of Directors consisted exclusively of white males. Specifically the bank will immediately require prospective clients to have at least one female or one non-white individual, on the Board of Directors. And by 2021, a company

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Fed official: “If there’s a recession, don’t worry”

Earlier this week I sent one of my team members to a banking conference here in Puerto Rico hosted by the Federal Reserve. It might strike you as strange that the Fed would be holding an event in Puerto Rico, but it’s not that unusual. Puerto Rico is a US territory and hence

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Naughty librarians to face 1 year in prison

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Which specific body parts can women expose before being sex offenders? After installing fiberglass insulation, Tilli Buchanan and her husband stripped off

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“Now we see the violence inherent in the system”

Apparently Bill Gates has sat on his ass and contributed nothing to Microsoft’s success over the past 44 years… at least, according to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. At an event commemorating Martin Luther King on Monday, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez told the audience that wealthy people “sat on a couch” while “undocumented workers” earning “slave wages”

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Woman arrested in India for concealing 1.2kg of gold in her rectum

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Feds steal $80,000 life savings from a confused elderly man 79 year old Terry Rolin kept his entire life savings in cash

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Uncle Sam just used its financial nuclear weapon again

In August of 1945, the United States became the only country to drop nuclear bombs on an enemy. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were largely destroyed in the blink of an eye. And the Japanese had no choice but to surrender to the Allies, finally ending World War II. Ever since, world superpowers have been

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Do you have a backup generator?

The news headlines read, “Deadly 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Plunges Puerto Rico into Darkness”; and “Powerful Puerto Rico Earthquake Knocks Out Entire Island’s Power.” It was enough to prompt my mother to call, four times, to make sure I was OK. There’s been a string of fairly strong earthquakes lately in Puerto Rico… which

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Tech giant doesn’t want anyone to be offended… ever

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Town charges woman $60,000 as a fee to renovate her own home For 40 years Linda and Gary Cameron always dreamed of

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Own a home? You’re responsible for California’s wild-fires

Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, your finances, and your prosperity. Professor Blames Private Property for California Wildfires A public takeover of utility companies is not enough, according to Kian Goh, Professor of

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